Patents by Inventor Adrianus Joannes Van Tunen

Adrianus Joannes Van Tunen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and composition for modulating flavonoid content
    Publication number: 20040163142
    Abstract: A method for manipulating the production of flavonoids in tomatoes by manipulating gene activity in the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway by expressing genes encoding chalcone isomerase, compositions for use in such a method and tomato plants having altered flavonoid levels are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnaud Guillaume Bovy, Stephen Glyn Hughes, Shelagh Rachael Muir, Adrianus Joannes Van Tunen, Martine Elisa Verhoeyen, Cornelis Henricus De Vos
  • Methods for modulating flavonoid content in tomato by transformation with a chalcone isomerase DNA
    Patent number: 6608246
    Abstract: A method for manipulating the production of flavonoids in tomatoes by expressing genes encoding chalcone isomerase, compositions for use in such a method and tomato plants having altered flavonoid levels are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnaud Guillaume Bovy, Stephen Glyn Hughes, Shelagh Rachael Muir, Adrianus Joannes Van Tunen, Martine Elisa Verhoeyen, Cornelis Henricus De Vos